Diabetes results in more than 170,000 deaths each year in the United States. According to the World Diabetics Foundation, the prevalence of diabetics has reached epidemic proportions. The World Health Organization predicts that developing countries will bear the grunt of this epidemic in the 21st Century, with 80% of all new cases of diabetes expected to appear in developing countries by 2025.

Diabetes is a disease of a liver that impairs the functioning of the liver as a result of the inability of the liver cell to convert excess glucose in the blood to glycogen. Diabetes mellitus is a set of related diseases in which the body cannot regulate the proper amount of sugar content (specifically, glucose) in the blood.

IMPORTANT OF GLUCOSE IN THE HUMAN BODY

Glucose in the blood gives you energy to perform daily activities which helps you through the day e.g walk briskly, ride your bike to work, do work that are very hard.

This is as a result of the failure of the pancreas to produce a hormone called INSULIN.Consequently; excess sugar is left in the blood and lit can only be lost through urine

EFFECT OF DIABETES MELLITUS

(1) It results to continuous dehydration.
(2) It may cause exhaustion or muscular weakness.
(3) It may lead to blurred vision.
(4) It also leads to loss of weight.

REMEDIES OR SOLUTION

(1) Drugs like diabetes should be used.
(2) There must be regular dose of insulin injection intravenously throughout life.
(3) Carbohydrates-rich food must be avoided.

SYMPTOMS IN DIABETES PATIENT

(1) Dehydration
(2) Thirsty always
(3) Lot of urination
(4) Urine contains more sugar when tasted.



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